Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language

Academic title abbreviation

mag. prim. educ.

Genre

master's thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2016-07-04

Parallel abstract (English)

Gender stereotypes are often erroneous generalizations about members of both
genders which do not take into account individual characteristics of individuals. The
fact is that women and men are different, but that does not mean they cannot love and
do the same things. Gender stereotypes are present in the literature too. It is
considered that women read more than men, but also that there are more literates
than writers considering that women are also wives, mothers and housewives. We
can also find gender stereotypes in children
'
s literature. Studies have shown that in
children
,
s books and picture books there are more male characters, women are most
often presented in housework, and professions also follow gender stereotypes. Also,
in textbooks for primary school men dominate as authors of the texts, but also as
characters int he texts.
Gender stereotypes are present in the children novels too. Objective of this work is to
compare novel Pipi Duga Čarapa with several novels from beginning of the 20th
century until today (Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića, Zlatni danci, Iskrica, Lažeš,
Melita, Zlatarovo malo zlato, Lopovska uspavanka, Dnevnik Pauline P., Zoe,
djevojčica s vrha nebodera) to be seen in what measure children
,
s novel suport
gender stereotypes and how they
,
ve changed over time.
Children
,
s novels support gender stereotypes in the context of time in which they
occur. It is evident that children
,
s literature is changing and that writers today are
trying to move away from gender stereotypes, although they can still be found in the
works.